Not really a Horror game but I had quite a jump scare in RDR2 when I was travelling through Swamps during nighttime on horseback, saw a body hanging from a Tree, shot the ropes and looted the body to see if it had any letters and was attacked by bunch of Nightfolks
The NIght Folk have a few good jump scares. That's a good one, and the one with the crying woman in the swamp who suddenly stabs you before several Night Folk run at you. The Lemoyne Raiders had a pretty good one with the exploding wagon ambush, too.
The nightfolk are creepy as fuck though. The manbear amalgamation gave me also very powerful creeps. Man I'd love for the devs to make it that when you enter on a later time, the creature is gone. You being unsure if you could encounter it at night or something. Much lost potential.
@@LeProphicthose Lemoyne Raiders are also funny I escaped one of their ambushes they said "that's the son of a bitch that took the Belle!" I lost it hearing that.
I remember as a kid I would always get up to the invisible enemies. They freaked me out more than the lil girl or nasty imagery. Loved that game, wish I still had a way to play it.
@@butwhataboutdragons7768if the insane asylum part from the DLC didn’t exist, I would have picked the ladder too. Also RE4 the spiky guy getting up from the table is another good one.
Boy of Silence in Bioshock: Infinite. Just an amazing cap to a very creepy level. Also, the Yeti jump scare in Uncharted 2. Great use of camerawork and lighting.
The Evil Within 2: when you're in town Hall and have to take a picture of the mannequin and something (or someone) flashes across the camera. That got me real good.
The crappy thing is its gone pretty much and there is no way to really recreate it because there is still so much unknown. I wish we actually got silent hills.
Manbat scared the crap out of me the first time I played Arkham Knight (and later Joker did too), but the funniest thing was when I showed the game to my son (who was in his twenties at the time). He wasn't even playing the game, but when I grappled to the top of a building in that area and Manbat leaned over the edge and screamed, my son jumped and shouted "Holy Sh*t!" I laughed my ass off.
Jump scare that got me, as i was absolutely not expecting it was in Bioshock Infinite and turning around in the Warden’s office and coming face to face with a Boy of Silence / Alarm Head, and him screeching into your face. 👍😄👍
Hahahahaha. The PT jump scare in THIS VIDEO STILL MADE ME JUMP 😂😂. Oh…and the game “Madison” does a VERY good job of emulating the eeriness and vibe of PT….love it.
The RE1 hallway/dog scene made it so that you REALLY thought the unexpected was around every corner; and nothing could be trusted. I've been chasing the dragon for that kind of immersion ever since lol
That bastard "Whoo guy" in Sekiro definitely got me.. Was wondering where that sound was coming from, then just lost 2/3 of my health. One that I would say got me first time through the game as well, that wasn't listed, was those bodies that scream at you in the Irithyll Dungeon in Dark Souls 3. Definitely did not see it coming the first time it happened.
I've put countless hours into Arkham Knight, it's one of my all time favorite games and it still looks magnificent. But the Man-Bat and the Joker scene get me every single time. In the game, you've already been around the Gotham Herald building many times so when it happens, it freaks you out.
You know what got me in Arkham Knights…? It was the 1st time the Joker shows up… Turns out, of course, he’s Batman’s “head Joker,” but IIRC, it’s during some scene where Batman is deactivating some kind of bombs in sequence when… just out of nowhere… the Joker pops up, bitch-slaps poor ol’ Bruce, and says “Miss me?” I literally jumped almost out of my chair…
The only jump scare to get me really good, was clap trap in borderlands. I dont even remember what game it was, i just remember he scared tf outta me 😅
I'll remember this jumpscare for the rest of my life. I literally fell from my chair because I got so scared. My bro regularly mentions that when we discuss Resident Evil. Not my proudest momen haha.
Something that made PT so great was that feeling of going into the experience with absolutely no idea what it was. It was just done so well! One of the best parts of that experience was walking around the corner to see her just standing there motionless, only to have her disappear as you approached. I’ve kept my PS4 just so I can still access PT!
The experience that sticks with me is when Lisa is just vibrating on the second floor. Horrifying. Not a jumpscare in the classic sense, but I don't remember why I even looked up there, and SHE WAS THERE NO THANK YOU GOODBYE
My favorite Jump Scare is the lake monster in RE4, if you stand on the dock and shoot in the water you get attacked, forgot about and replayed the game in VR, and scared the crap out of me.
In Far Cry 3 I remember doing some exploring looking for collectables fairly early on in my first play through. Entered a cave system to escape some Blood Dragons that had given chase. Following the cave, you had to enter the water to dive down and get out. Then, from out of nowhere a bloody Crocodile latched on to me! First time I had ever encountered one and damn near shit my pants as I wasn't expecting it lol! It was and still is my fave from the Far Cry franchise.
YEEEEESSSS .... I remember getting into a gun fight early on and getting overwhelmed I was backing into the water/swamp area and ... BAM!!! Outta nowhere I am getting mauled by a croc .... in Far Cry 3 I learnt that bullets are the least of your worries ..... also early on those damn pack of wild dogs .... especially at night when one just runs up and attacks you and you frantically try to run knowing there are usually a couple around!
Fiona's scream from Haunting Ground isn't exactly a jumpscare but it might as well be, 'cuz the first time I played it, and her first time panic, literally made me panic as well. That blood curdling scream she does and combined with the visuals. Bro, my 8 year old mind was not prepared for that.
I just love you guys for your love of Condemned and I love to see it popping up frequently in your lists! Much love, so that we have it four times. Keep up the great work guys 👍
100%. I haven't played that game in over 20 years but that scene still made me shudder when Falcon mentioned it. That's a game that really sticks with you... I still remember some of the rune word combos!
Piggsy in Manhunt. You're hiding in the shadows as you do the entire game. And piggsy comes around where you are, sniffs the air... sniffs the air again... stares directly at you... then turns and walks away... OR OUT OF NO WHERE HE STARTS UP HIS FUCKING CHAINSAW AND STARTS SQUEALING AND SLASHING WHILE YOURE STUCK IN A CORNER. Absolutely random whether he does it or not. It's been 20 years, and it still gets me every time.
The Sons of Silence in Bioshock Infinite, The T-Rex encounter in the Dino Crisis Office scene, and the majority of Doom III (due to the flashlight/or gun mechanic) were all pretty impressive too.
In System Shock 2, while there were no jump scares, there were these subtle unnerving sounds in the background perpetuating thru out the ship giving the game the perfect cadence.
I cannot fathom how RE2, Licker busting though the one way window wasn't on this. I can't think of a jump-scare to this day that has traumatized me more.
The lights cutting off at the start of the first story in Stories Untold was pretty good as well. I never expected that honestly, it wasn’t even anything scary from a technologically speaking standpoint, it was just very VERY unexpected.
Biggest jump scare for me were the Dogs when you open the front door of the Mansion in the first Resident Evil game. And the Licker jumping through the two way glass in Racoon City Police station in Resident Evil 2. Not many jump scares have scared me since then. And the rest dont stick out to me like those two.
Those and when you first enter the sewer area the camera angle extensuates the giant spiders that run across the other end! First time I saw that I was like bloody hell!
Funny enough in the Arkham Knight game you know he is flying around the city just by listening to the street thugs and you can hear him in the distance. Somehow it still caught me off guard. And if I recall there are 2 times, he does a jump scare if your system is on Halloween time and date.
Bioshock, the doctor in the room that fills with fog, then is just... behind you when you turn around. That one got me. He doesn't even attack right away because he knows you dropped your controller. XD
so I gave a talk at my job about "what makes a game scary" and this video pretty much proves my point. Jump Scares are more succesful and much scarier when they dont just stop at the jump. When its a jump scare you then have to deal with in some way, it makes it much more memorable and also then youre scared of the sudden threat. The dogs in the hall of RE1 werent just "oh man, dogs! I jumped!" It was "Oh man! Dogs! I jumped!... Oh shit now I have to deal with dogs, the faster enemies I havent dealt with up to this point!"
Funny Story: The very first Time, when i played RE7 in VR and i got to that Point you mentioned, i managed to avoid getting seen by Jack entirely, simply by moving slowly backwards while he was turning his Back towards me. Lucky me was so startled that i slowly walked backwards from where i came and avoided him entirely. Even achieved a Trophy for that Stunt. 😂👌
For Arkham Knight, I think I'd give it to the 1st person Commissioner Gordon sequence in the Batcave/Theater. Even when you know the jumpscare is coming and even trying to trigger it without getting jumped, it still messes with you.
I don't recall where, but there absolutely is another "trick" Bruxae in W3:B&W, because I encountered this one recently (my first playthrough), and I when I saw a creepy crying woman all alone I thought "oh, I bet this is another one of those, let me try to force her to reveal herself".
The last jumpscare that got me was when in Cyberpunk 2077 during one of the endings for Phantom Liberty you have to hide from this creepy bot thing that stalks you throughout the entire section. When it gets you it's surely effective. Also as honorable mention that one time in Skyrim I got jumped by a giant spider in a cave. That thing just dropped down from right above me. As a person with extreme arachnophobia I always make sure to be slow and check caves for spiders or send my companion in first to deal with them after this.
Helldivers has some jump scares too. You're fighting an enemy and looking one way then you get stabbed by an enemy from behind. If you're on a planet at night and the area is covered by fog, it can be even more intense.
One that is stuck in my memory is from Silent Hill 1. Early in the game you are exploring the school and inspecting some lockers. You check one and walk away..then the door rattles. You go back to check it and a cat jumps out at you.
Thank you for including that closet jumpscare in Condemned , i can never forget this one because i was so invested in that game back then and when it happened i remember backing off the screen so hard i flipped off my chair. it was chaos!
The two that gets me every time is in RE2 remake, in the interrogation room, the licker jumping through the window and when you leave and head down the hall back to the stairs Mr X breaking through the wall. Or when you open a door and he's just lurking on the other side
I used to prank my friend who came to my house and I let him try to play Outlast. I'm waiting for the exact moment where a man in a wheelchair does the jumpscare. me and other friends watched him play and were shocked. this is a prank that I did well, I miss that moment
The loot chest in warzone during Halloween always scare the hell out of me. You need the loot so you have to open them, and its just frequent enough to make you really hesitate opening them.
Resident Evil 4: the flaming Militia guy that suddenly bursts out of an oven and runs towards you really got me back in the days. I recognized the oven-like door instantly when I played the RE4 Remake and was still surprised!
Got some unsettled trauma from playing RE2 on N64 at the police station when that thing jumps out of the window. I don't think even games like Doom got me that bad at first 😂
Left 4 Dead - the Witch. The first time I played the game, I was playing it solo, came across the Witch and heard it sobbing, listened to the in-game NPCs say to stay away and not attack it. I end up "startling" the Witch and the scream it lets out as it turns, charges, and then pounces on your character as it rips you apart got me. After that you encounter 1-2 a level so I knew what to expect, but that first time got me.
Silent Hill 4 - That one room where the camera is focused on you as you enter, until you get too close to the screen, where it suddenly flips around to show Henry is being stared down by a giant, disfigured apparition of his girlfriend's head. Made worse by how the head's eyes keep jittering and following Henry's every movement.
To think that i watched this video on 1.5x speed so that I don't get scared by the footage shown here and P.T still got me says everything you need to know about the game.😅
Biggest jumpscare I can remember was back then as a kid playing original RE2, the Licker jumping through the mirror in the police interrogation Room. It's nearly 25 years ago but still 😱
Best jumpscare I ever received in a game wasn't truly a jumpscare at all. In Elder Scrolls Oblivion there is a quest where you help a ghost release its corpse from some chains, so that he can be free. You get the quest from the ghost and go on alone to find its corpse. As soon as you released it, the ghost appear and thanks you. When I did the quest I wasn't expecting the appearance of the ghost at all at the end, so it really surprised me a lot when it appeared.
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines Ocean House level gets me every time. The music is pitch perfect and immediately gets the hairs on my arm to spring up. The biggest scare for me is after you first enter, if you head all the way to the left and then turn right and go to the end of the hall, you will hear that ethereal whisper say, "He's behind you!" Man, I am starting to get goose bumps just thinking about that level.
For me, it was two words when I was a kid "Fresh Meat!" The Butcher from diablo 1 charging out of a room of flayed human corpses yelling that and then proceeding to beat the ever living crap out of you was my earliest jump scare in a video game
play kitchen the VR demo of RE7 when the girl stabs ethans leg it genuinely makes you think she just stuck a knife in your leg 😱 i have had so many people rip the headset off right after she stabs them because its so intense. 🤣
@@lowriderbug yeah, Kitchen demo was great, but so is the entire game and DLC in VR, to this day RE7 is in my top 5 VR Games, along with 4 and Village for PSVR2
For me is Outlast when you entered the library. Corpse hanging down and the room just full with body parts. I play it when i was 10 and Holy crap that scene still haunted me.
Hell yeah that part in the witcher was not only terrifying but as a fan made me so happy. The cinematic trailer featured a bruxue which is a type of vampire. But the entire base game didn't have one. This was so well done I had to forgive them for making us wait so long
In Condemned: Criminal Origins, the locker jumpscare didn't actually startle me that much. But I did jump in a couple of scripted enemy attacks in the underground railway tunnels, when you open a locker and there's one of those crawling freaks inside that jumps at you. And I think there was another one waiting for you around a corner too that also made me jump back in the day.
Arkham Knight had a few little good ones. Manbat and then Joker on the roof. Amazing cause it's getting you when you're comfortable and think you know what you're doing. Even on replay, it still gets yah. Subnautica does a few good scares. None are scripted but they can get you pretty good.
Playing Skyrim and I was at the College of Winterhold. I came out of the Hall of Attainment into the courtyard...and without warning, a Legendary Dragon landed right on top of me, one foot either side. Winterhold (especially the College) was a common dragon spawn point, but this one must have appeared just as I entered the interior cell. I defeated it, but only after I had stopped melting off the couch onto the floor. 7,300 hours in that game and I'll never forget that.
After playing PT, lured my wife to play it to see her reaction. When the "turn around" bit happened, she screamed in terror in a way I was not prepared for. I felt so bad for it, she was genuinely scared.
The first one I remember is from Unreal. Right at the start when you walk into the ship and the 'dead' person moves when you get close. Simple but very effective at the time.
Dead Island 2 has been getting me recently with the damn zombies behind the door. Open a door to get supplies, zombie jumps out, grabs me and, in my panic, I hit start and now have the pause screen of shame up
In Fallout 4. The Deathclaw in the Salem Witch Museum was scary when it suddenly attacks, but at least you could hear it stomping around while you crept around in the basement. My big jump scare was the fake-out with those damn mannequins while you’re sneaking around trying to figure out what’s waiting upstairs! Even the music and SFX conspired to make me jump out of my chair.
The worst jumpscare I've ever had wasn't even supposed to be scary. I had just started an unknown RPG that I had never heard of, Gothic, and was making my way down a mountain from the starting area. The sun was shining, I got a good view of a village and a lush forest on my way down, birds were singing and I figured I was still in the tutorial phase. Before crossing a lovely brook heading into the village I decided to visit a small forest nearby because it looked inviting and I thought I saw a mushroom. A few meters into the forest a wolf suddenly jumps on my back out of nowhere, without a sound. From total serenity to absolute chaos in the blink of an eye, I don't think I've ever been so scared by a game before or after. Also, I died.
I still say the biggest jump scare in any RE is from 3, when Nemesis breaks into the RPD carrying a Rocket Launcher. Even as a series veteran at that point you're gonna be freaked out. Yeah, Tyrants are nothing new - but they've also never been armed prior to that game!
I really had no idea what I was getting into with resident evil. The first time I walked down that dog hallway it scared the crap out of me. I spun around firing wildly until the dogs killed me. These days it’s expected, but back then we had no idea what would happen. Walking through the crow room was equally unnerving.
I jumped in Alien Isolation when you first find the motion tracker. You pass an android while walking down the hall to the office. When you pick up the motion tracker and test it, it shows nearby motion. You turn around and that freakin' Working Joe is directly behind you. Saying ominous things like "at Seegson, we're right behind you".
Hi Falcon, It’s folks!
Hey
Whose that?
Lol ❤️
@@alfie6129 folks means "people"
Det be crazy if he was GD folks tho ☠️🤣
Not really a Horror game but I had quite a jump scare in RDR2 when I was travelling through Swamps during nighttime on horseback, saw a body hanging from a Tree, shot the ropes and looted the body to see if it had any letters and was attacked by bunch of Nightfolks
The NIght Folk have a few good jump scares. That's a good one, and the one with the crying woman in the swamp who suddenly stabs you before several Night Folk run at you.
The Lemoyne Raiders had a pretty good one with the exploding wagon ambush, too.
Bear in the house also
The nightfolk are creepy as fuck though.
The manbear amalgamation gave me also very powerful creeps. Man I'd love for the devs to make it that when you enter on a later time, the creature is gone. You being unsure if you could encounter it at night or something. Much lost potential.
@benriddick7038 that was unexpected as hell. Out of nowhere, In this random shack, is a bear which is twice the size as you
@@LeProphicthose Lemoyne Raiders are also funny I escaped one of their ambushes they said "that's the son of a bitch that took the Belle!" I lost it hearing that.
The original F.E.A.R. from 2005 was chock full of these. First playthrough I refused to play without all of the lights on.
I was certain that ladder scene would be here at least. But yeah lots to choose from.
That game was insane I remember playing the demo before it released which scared the hell out of me and so did whole game
I remember as a kid I would always get up to the invisible enemies. They freaked me out more than the lil girl or nasty imagery. Loved that game, wish I still had a way to play it.
I'm surprised no mentions of Outlast were on here, I played for like 45 minutes and must've nearly shat myself like 4 times
@@butwhataboutdragons7768if the insane asylum part from the DLC didn’t exist, I would have picked the ladder too. Also RE4 the spiky guy getting up from the table is another good one.
Boy of Silence in Bioshock: Infinite. Just an amazing cap to a very creepy level.
Also, the Yeti jump scare in Uncharted 2. Great use of camerawork and lighting.
Yes, I freaking LITERALLY jumped at the Boy Of Silence one. Caught me completely off guard
The Evil Within 2: when you're in town Hall and have to take a picture of the mannequin and something (or someone) flashes across the camera. That got me real good.
Yeah I remember that and it freaked me out to 😳
PT’s fall into obscurity is one of the biggest tragedies in gaming.
Some game developers are using the pt demo as inspiration for their new games
The crappy thing is its gone pretty much and there is no way to really recreate it because there is still so much unknown. I wish we actually got silent hills.
Only cause it reminds us of what could have been and what actually happened 😢
I'm so mad that I never got to play it
@Confuseddalek don't be buddy. It was only available for a short amount of time and you had to have a PS3 at the time.
Bioshock 1 when you go to the dentist's office full of fog.
gets me every time ^^
I’m glad I’m not the only one who accidentally let the dead space tentacle eat me because I thought it was a cutscene lol
Arkham Knight Manbat got me good
Manbat scared the crap out of me the first time I played Arkham Knight (and later Joker did too), but the funniest thing was when I showed the game to my son (who was in his twenties at the time). He wasn't even playing the game, but when I grappled to the top of a building in that area and Manbat leaned over the edge and screamed, my son jumped and shouted "Holy Sh*t!"
I laughed my ass off.
I so never expected it in a Batman game and as Falcon said was really seamless. Need more like these in other games.
Can't believe you left out the ladder scare in F.E.A.R. Deffo gave me a heart attack.
Jump scare that got me, as i was absolutely not expecting it was in Bioshock Infinite and turning around in the Warden’s office and coming face to face with a Boy of Silence / Alarm Head, and him screeching into your face. 👍😄👍
Jack bursting through the bathroom door in RE7 is scarier
The wheelchair guy in Outlast always gets me. I jumped out of my chair!
Sekiro in the thumbnail means a view from me. 👍
The ape boss resurrecting after you behead him could be considered a jump scare if you dont pay attention.
A jumpscare that got me good was Red Dead Redemption 2, checking out the serial killer's lair and he finds you. Still recovering from that. 😅
Hahahahaha. The PT jump scare in THIS VIDEO STILL MADE ME JUMP 😂😂. Oh…and the game “Madison” does a VERY good job of emulating the eeriness and vibe of PT….love it.
I enjoyed Madison for the most part. Even more so in VR & seeing my nieces & nephews reaction letting them play 😂
@@candelarioreynosojr9787 Madison in VR would be INSANE
@@Prayalone515 It really is 😁 You should try it if you have the VR
The RE1 hallway/dog scene made it so that you REALLY thought the unexpected was around every corner; and nothing could be trusted.
I've been chasing the dragon for that kind of immersion ever since lol
I was scared of my own shadow exploring the vaults in New Vegas lol
Especially Vault 22.
Gaaaryyyy…
"Don't touch that dial now, we're just getting started."
Just reading that gave me a nostalgic shiver
That bastard "Whoo guy" in Sekiro definitely got me.. Was wondering where that sound was coming from, then just lost 2/3 of my health.
One that I would say got me first time through the game as well, that wasn't listed, was those bodies that scream at you in the Irithyll Dungeon in Dark Souls 3.
Definitely did not see it coming the first time it happened.
The bodies that scream in Ds3 are just plain obnoxious and really have no point being in the game. I love Ds3 but they irritate me every playthrough.
100% agree with you there! Took me until probably my 3rd time through the dungeon to remember it was going to happen with the bodies -_-
The room filling with blood and your character's disconnection from the mirrors in that one Silent Hill bathroom got me.
I've put countless hours into Arkham Knight, it's one of my all time favorite games and it still looks magnificent. But the Man-Bat and the Joker scene get me every single time. In the game, you've already been around the Gotham Herald building many times so when it happens, it freaks you out.
You know what got me in Arkham Knights…? It was the 1st time the Joker shows up…
Turns out, of course, he’s Batman’s “head Joker,” but IIRC, it’s during some scene where Batman is deactivating some kind of bombs in sequence when… just out of nowhere… the Joker pops up, bitch-slaps poor ol’ Bruce, and says “Miss me?”
I literally jumped almost out of my chair…
I thought I was the only who got scared from that joker scene when he first came so unexpected
In RE 4 and Remake, that freaking Zombie in the Furnace made my heart stop for a couple seconds. 😅
Finally someone who mentioned it
The only jump scare to get me really good, was clap trap in borderlands. I dont even remember what game it was, i just remember he scared tf outta me 😅
Jack Baker is even scarier on Madhouse difficulty; he appears in places he normally doesn’t and it scared the shit outta me 😂
No matter how many times I replay Arkham Knight, the Man-Bat/Joker jump scares always freaks me out
I definitely think Nemesis bursting through the Police Station window deserves a mention.
That wasn't Nemesis, it was a licker.
@@DefinitelyNotBenderhe means the original RE3
I'll remember this jumpscare for the rest of my life. I literally fell from my chair because I got so scared. My bro regularly mentions that when we discuss Resident Evil. Not my proudest momen haha.
Something that made PT so great was that feeling of going into the experience with absolutely no idea what it was. It was just done so well! One of the best parts of that experience was walking around the corner to see her just standing there motionless, only to have her disappear as you approached. I’ve kept my PS4 just so I can still access PT!
The experience that sticks with me is when Lisa is just vibrating on the second floor. Horrifying. Not a jumpscare in the classic sense, but I don't remember why I even looked up there, and SHE WAS THERE NO THANK YOU GOODBYE
My favorite Jump Scare is the lake monster in RE4, if you stand on the dock and shoot in the water you get attacked, forgot about and replayed the game in VR, and scared the crap out of me.
In Arkham Knight, playing as Joker and turning around to see Batman scared the shit out of me.😂😂😂
I'll never forget the jumpscare in the original Silent Hill on PS1. That damn cat in the locker. It might be one of the most well set up jumpscares.
I'll always remember that as the first real jump scare I had in a video game
The body falling out of the locker gave me a cardiac arrest.
@@dansmith16 that was a prime example of false sense of security. "Oh it's just a ca.... NO IT'S NOT!!! NO IT'S NOT!!!"
In Far Cry 3 I remember doing some exploring looking for collectables fairly early on in my first play through. Entered a cave system to escape some Blood Dragons that had given chase. Following the cave, you had to enter the water to dive down and get out. Then, from out of nowhere a bloody Crocodile latched on to me! First time I had ever encountered one and damn near shit my pants as I wasn't expecting it lol! It was and still is my fave from the Far Cry franchise.
I was shocked this wasn’t on there.
YEEEEESSSS .... I remember getting into a gun fight early on and getting overwhelmed I was backing into the water/swamp area and ... BAM!!! Outta nowhere I am getting mauled by a croc .... in Far Cry 3 I learnt that bullets are the least of your worries ..... also early on those damn pack of wild dogs .... especially at night when one just runs up and attacks you and you frantically try to run knowing there are usually a couple around!
Fiona's scream from Haunting Ground isn't exactly a jumpscare but it might as well be, 'cuz the first time I played it, and her first time panic, literally made me panic as well. That blood curdling scream she does and combined with the visuals. Bro, my 8 year old mind was not prepared for that.
Zombie baby creature in RE Village when it comes through the door to the basement. Nightmare fuel!
Finaly someone else mentions it. That was a legit scare.
I DO NOT like that level still!
Dude Manbat and the sekiro one actually made me fling my controller upward and somehow catch it while playing those games.
T-Rex bursting through the window in Dino Crisis almost gave my friend a heart attack!!!
Man-Bat its always got me. even when i started playing the second game i forgot that man-bat was there hahaha
I just love you guys for your love of Condemned and I love to see it popping up frequently in your lists! Much love, so that we have it four times. Keep up the great work guys 👍
Maaaaan crazy you mentioned the bathtub from eternal darkness!! Hands down the worst a jump scare ever got me in my life.
100%. I haven't played that game in over 20 years but that scene still made me shudder when Falcon mentioned it. That's a game that really sticks with you... I still remember some of the rune word combos!
Piggsy in Manhunt.
You're hiding in the shadows as you do the entire game. And piggsy comes around where you are, sniffs the air... sniffs the air again... stares directly at you... then turns and walks away... OR OUT OF NO WHERE HE STARTS UP HIS FUCKING CHAINSAW AND STARTS SQUEALING AND SLASHING WHILE YOURE STUCK IN A CORNER.
Absolutely random whether he does it or not. It's been 20 years, and it still gets me every time.
The Sons of Silence in Bioshock Infinite, The T-Rex encounter in the Dino Crisis Office scene, and the majority of Doom III (due to the flashlight/or gun mechanic) were all pretty impressive too.
I'm surprised that outlast wasn't mentioned here 😢
In System Shock 2, while there were no jump scares, there were these subtle unnerving sounds in the background perpetuating thru out the ship giving the game the perfect cadence.
I cannot fathom how RE2, Licker busting though the one way window wasn't on this. I can't think of a jump-scare to this day that has traumatized me more.
The lights cutting off at the start of the first story in Stories Untold was pretty good as well. I never expected that honestly, it wasn’t even anything scary from a technologically speaking standpoint, it was just very VERY unexpected.
Biggest jump scare for me were the Dogs when you open the front door of the Mansion in the first Resident Evil game. And the Licker jumping through the two way glass in Racoon City Police station in Resident Evil 2. Not many jump scares have scared me since then. And the rest dont stick out to me like those two.
Those and when you first enter the sewer area the camera angle extensuates the giant spiders that run across the other end! First time I saw that I was like bloody hell!
Funny enough in the Arkham Knight game you know he is flying around the city just by listening to the street thugs and you can hear him in the distance. Somehow it still caught me off guard. And if I recall there are 2 times, he does a jump scare if your system is on Halloween time and date.
Bioshock, the doctor in the room that fills with fog, then is just... behind you when you turn around. That one got me. He doesn't even attack right away because he knows you dropped your controller. XD
so I gave a talk at my job about "what makes a game scary" and this video pretty much proves my point. Jump Scares are more succesful and much scarier when they dont just stop at the jump. When its a jump scare you then have to deal with in some way, it makes it much more memorable and also then youre scared of the sudden threat. The dogs in the hall of RE1 werent just "oh man, dogs! I jumped!" It was "Oh man! Dogs! I jumped!... Oh shit now I have to deal with dogs, the faster enemies I havent dealt with up to this point!"
I love how pt was #1 I loved playing it during it was live
Funny Story: The very first Time, when i played RE7 in VR and i got to that Point you mentioned, i managed to avoid getting seen by Jack entirely, simply by moving slowly backwards while he was turning his Back towards me.
Lucky me was so startled that i slowly walked backwards from where i came and avoided him entirely. Even achieved a Trophy for that Stunt.
😂👌
For Arkham Knight, I think I'd give it to the 1st person Commissioner Gordon sequence in the Batcave/Theater. Even when you know the jumpscare is coming and even trying to trigger it without getting jumped, it still messes with you.
That Batman jumpscare is number 1 for me. I literally almost fell out of my chair it was so unexpected.
I don't recall where, but there absolutely is another "trick" Bruxae in W3:B&W, because I encountered this one recently (my first playthrough), and I when I saw a creepy crying woman all alone I thought "oh, I bet this is another one of those, let me try to force her to reveal herself".
Bioshock Infinite. If you played through it, you know what I'm talking about.
I played through it, no idea what you're talking about.
Huh?
The last jumpscare that got me was when in Cyberpunk 2077 during one of the endings for Phantom Liberty you have to hide from this creepy bot thing that stalks you throughout the entire section. When it gets you it's surely effective.
Also as honorable mention that one time in Skyrim I got jumped by a giant spider in a cave. That thing just dropped down from right above me. As a person with extreme arachnophobia I always make sure to be slow and check caves for spiders or send my companion in first to deal with them after this.
Helldivers has some jump scares too. You're fighting an enemy and looking one way then you get stabbed by an enemy from behind. If you're on a planet at night and the area is covered by fog, it can be even more intense.
One that is stuck in my memory is from Silent Hill 1. Early in the game you are exploring the school and inspecting some lockers. You check one and walk away..then the door rattles. You go back to check it and a cat jumps out at you.
Thank you for including that closet jumpscare in Condemned , i can never forget this one because i was so invested in that game back then and when it happened i remember backing off the screen so hard i flipped off my chair. it was chaos!
The two that gets me every time is in RE2 remake, in the interrogation room, the licker jumping through the window and when you leave and head down the hall back to the stairs Mr X breaking through the wall. Or when you open a door and he's just lurking on the other side
Manbat got me really good 😭
Oh this dialysis treatment is gonna be good now! Thanks, Falcon!
The best part of woo guy in sekiro is you dont initially realise the source of the scream and when you finally do its over for you
I used to prank my friend who came to my house and I let him try to play Outlast. I'm waiting for the exact moment where a man in a wheelchair does the jumpscare. me and other friends watched him play and were shocked. this is a prank that I did well, I miss that moment
The loot chest in warzone during Halloween always scare the hell out of me. You need the loot so you have to open them, and its just frequent enough to make you really hesitate opening them.
Glad to see Condemned get a mention, i just beat it for the first time the other day
Resident Evil 4: the flaming Militia guy that suddenly bursts out of an oven and runs towards you really got me back in the days. I recognized the oven-like door instantly when I played the RE4 Remake and was still surprised!
My favorite jump scare was in Fear. Getting on a ladder animation, you look back up and the "girl" is bent down right in your face.
Got some unsettled trauma from playing RE2 on N64 at the police station when that thing jumps out of the window. I don't think even games like Doom got me that bad at first 😂
Left 4 Dead - the Witch. The first time I played the game, I was playing it solo, came across the Witch and heard it sobbing, listened to the in-game NPCs say to stay away and not attack it. I end up "startling" the Witch and the scream it lets out as it turns, charges, and then pounces on your character as it rips you apart got me. After that you encounter 1-2 a level so I knew what to expect, but that first time got me.
Nothing will beat the splicer that shows up behind you in Bioschock after you pick up that tonic
Silent Hill 4 - That one room where the camera is focused on you as you enter, until you get too close to the screen, where it suddenly flips around to show Henry is being stared down by a giant, disfigured apparition of his girlfriend's head. Made worse by how the head's eyes keep jittering and following Henry's every movement.
To think that i watched this video on 1.5x speed so that I don't get scared by the footage shown here and P.T still got me says everything you need to know about the game.😅
I'll never forget that time when I got bombed by a tactical nightjar
Biggest jumpscare I can remember was back then as a kid playing original RE2, the Licker jumping through the mirror in the police interrogation Room. It's nearly 25 years ago but still 😱
Best jumpscare I ever received in a game wasn't truly a jumpscare at all. In Elder Scrolls Oblivion there is a quest where you help a ghost release its corpse from some chains, so that he can be free. You get the quest from the ghost and go on alone to find its corpse. As soon as you released it, the ghost appear and thanks you. When I did the quest I wasn't expecting the appearance of the ghost at all at the end, so it really surprised me a lot when it appeared.
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines Ocean House level gets me every time. The music is pitch perfect and immediately gets the hairs on my arm to spring up. The biggest scare for me is after you first enter, if you head all the way to the left and then turn right and go to the end of the hall, you will hear that ethereal whisper say, "He's behind you!" Man, I am starting to get goose bumps just thinking about that level.
For me, it was two words when I was a kid
"Fresh Meat!"
The Butcher from diablo 1 charging out of a room of flayed human corpses yelling that and then proceeding to beat the ever living crap out of you was my earliest jump scare in a video game
The scream you get from Irythill Dungeon picking up certain items in DS3 really got me
RE7 was so dope. It reinvigorated my passion for RE, and it is still the scariest entry to this day.
play kitchen the VR demo of RE7 when the girl stabs ethans leg it genuinely makes you think she just stuck a knife in your leg 😱 i have had so many people rip the headset off right after she stabs them because its so intense. 🤣
@@lowriderbug yeah, Kitchen demo was great, but so is the entire game and DLC in VR, to this day RE7 is in my top 5 VR Games, along with 4 and Village for PSVR2
For me is Outlast when you entered the library. Corpse hanging down and the room just full with body parts. I play it when i was 10 and Holy crap that scene still haunted me.
The sekiro nightjar scare is both the most hilarious thing ever and the one that most requires a pants change
Hell yeah that part in the witcher was not only terrifying but as a fan made me so happy. The cinematic trailer featured a bruxue which is a type of vampire. But the entire base game didn't have one. This was so well done I had to forgive them for making us wait so long
In Condemned: Criminal Origins, the locker jumpscare didn't actually startle me that much. But I did jump in a couple of scripted enemy attacks in the underground railway tunnels, when you open a locker and there's one of those crawling freaks inside that jumps at you. And I think there was another one waiting for you around a corner too that also made me jump back in the day.
Arkham Knight had a few little good ones. Manbat and then Joker on the roof. Amazing cause it's getting you when you're comfortable and think you know what you're doing. Even on replay, it still gets yah.
Subnautica does a few good scares. None are scripted but they can get you pretty good.
I love the Whoo guy in the thumbnail
Playing Skyrim and I was at the College of Winterhold. I came out of the Hall of Attainment into the courtyard...and without warning, a Legendary Dragon landed right on top of me, one foot either side.
Winterhold (especially the College) was a common dragon spawn point, but this one must have appeared just as I entered the interior cell.
I defeated it, but only after I had stopped melting off the couch onto the floor.
7,300 hours in that game and I'll never forget that.
After playing PT, lured my wife to play it to see her reaction. When the "turn around" bit happened, she screamed in terror in a way I was not prepared for. I felt so bad for it, she was genuinely scared.
The first one I remember is from Unreal. Right at the start when you walk into the ship and the 'dead' person moves when you get close. Simple but very effective at the time.
Dead Island 2 has been getting me recently with the damn zombies behind the door. Open a door to get supplies, zombie jumps out, grabs me and, in my panic, I hit start and now have the pause screen of shame up
In Fallout 4. The Deathclaw in the Salem Witch Museum was scary when it suddenly attacks, but at least you could hear it stomping around while you crept around in the basement. My big jump scare was the fake-out with those damn mannequins while you’re sneaking around trying to figure out what’s waiting upstairs! Even the music and SFX conspired to make me jump out of my chair.
The worst jumpscare I've ever had wasn't even supposed to be scary. I had just started an unknown RPG that I had never heard of, Gothic, and was making my way down a mountain from the starting area. The sun was shining, I got a good view of a village and a lush forest on my way down, birds were singing and I figured I was still in the tutorial phase. Before crossing a lovely brook heading into the village I decided to visit a small forest nearby because it looked inviting and I thought I saw a mushroom. A few meters into the forest a wolf suddenly jumps on my back out of nowhere, without a sound. From total serenity to absolute chaos in the blink of an eye, I don't think I've ever been so scared by a game before or after. Also, I died.
Lmao I'm a high strung person and also get jump scared by the smallest stuff in games. Skyrim gets me all the time.
I still say the biggest jump scare in any RE is from 3, when Nemesis breaks into the RPD carrying a Rocket Launcher.
Even as a series veteran at that point you're gonna be freaked out. Yeah, Tyrants are nothing new - but they've also never been armed prior to that game!
Dead space doesn’t need jump scares. Sometimes it doesn’t warn you about an enemy until it’s too late. That alone is scarier than most horror games.
The Licker jumping through the mirror in RE got me better than any other the first time I played it.
that got me too the first time 🤣 also the crows in RE1 that swarm you on the balcony when you take the grenade launcher 😱
That Nightjar was HILARIOUS the first time (he killed me) on the Ashina Castle roof.
I really had no idea what I was getting into with resident evil. The first time I walked down that dog hallway it scared the crap out of me. I spun around firing wildly until the dogs killed me. These days it’s expected, but back then we had no idea what would happen. Walking through the crow room was equally unnerving.
Those pesky cannibals hiding in the bushes in sons of the forest scared me the most.
I jumped in Alien Isolation when you first find the motion tracker.
You pass an android while walking down the hall to the office. When you pick up the motion tracker and test it, it shows nearby motion. You turn around and that freakin' Working Joe is directly behind you. Saying ominous things like "at Seegson, we're right behind you".